It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Indian scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory have discovered a massive exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, 78 times larger than Earth. This sub-Saturn planet orbits an F-type star and completes a ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Although it is nicknamed the 'Red Planet', this is not entirely true. It is actually many colours, on the surface NASA has discovered shades of brown, gold and tan. When its dust is swept up into ...

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Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth ... On Jan. 2, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) added a new object, dubbed ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently published their findings in the journal Tyche, revealing an unprecedented ...

Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer discovered what appeared to be the “asteroid ... the object sparked concerns that it might collide with the planet. However the Minor Planet Center (MPC), ...

The "cutest competition of the year" is back. The Puppy Bowl, the special pre-Super Bowl call-to-adoption television event, returns on Sunday, Feb. 9, and will feature over 100 adorable rescue ...

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Scientists have discovered a “super-Earth” planet that may have conditions suitable for life. The planet is outside our solar system and has a mass six times greater than that of Earth. The discovery ...

Leading scientists have made an exciting discovery in the depths of space that has been hailed as "invaluable" in the search for signs of life outside our solar system. A planet has been ...